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Hackers publish thousands of drivers’ data after breaching Florida motor vehicle database

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11:00 AM PDT · September 16, 2026

The ShinyHunters hacking group has published hundreds of thousands of files from a Florida state database of vehicles and driver information. The hackers said they published the stolen data on its leak site “because the victim did not pay a ransom or cooperate and comply” with the hackers’ demands.

The hackers said they breached the database, known as DAVID, earlier in September and posted as evidence a screenshot purporting to be a record associated with the deceased sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who had a residence in the state.

The Florida motor vehicle agency, FLHSMV, confirmed a data breach in a statement last week, and after the hackers obtained a police officer’s credentials that were stored on a personal device.

According to a copy of the stolen data, which TechCrunch has seen, the hackers stole hundreds of thousands of certificates of...

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